Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Part 1

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Last modified on May 8th, 2002

Jens Bischoff's walkthrough has been computer translated into
English from his German version by using Alta Vista with further
clarification from GE Trans, a German to English translation
program, and I then worked on altering each sentence so that it
actually made sense in English. Thanks to Christian Berger for
final translation corrections.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 01

After having rested oneself somewhat, readied the appropriate
weapons, scribed possible spells, placed weaker party members in
the rear, and arranged the remaining field pack as otherwise is
advisable, you can refresh yourself and fill your empty water
bottles only once at one of the two wells in the immediate
proximity. Freshly strengthened one should now enter the barracks,
that is being loaded, in order to somewhat supplement your
inventory. The barracks guards will not notice you for the time
being, because they're not allowed to leave their posts. Push the
eastern button, which grants entrance into a secret space. Once
the loading has been completed, one can get involved in a few
fights in the barracks, whereby one should calmly use the
advantage of the guards not leaving their posts. Since you can't
open the locked door here yet, you'll have to return later. After
you've defeated Captain Sandar, the left door can be opened with
the Opal key and a blue jewel can be obtained. The Gold key found
within fits the other door. The door that's behind it stops the
guards and guards an Onyx key, which enables admission to the two
equipment chambers and further progress in the barracks.

Subsequently, you can at times dare venture into the well
populated areas, however except for experience in the arena,
there's not much else to be gained by doing so. Also there's a
door that can be opened with the Onyx key, which disappears when
inserted in the lock. Hence it would be preferable to save the key
for later. There are numerous guards in here, but since they don't
leave the arena, one can simply withdraw and so not create a
larger problem.

The door to the east opens itself periodically and each time
allows a new guard into the arena. Therefore quickly enter and
shut it, before it opens again in front of your nose. You'll find
an Iron key next to a Copper key. The Iron key opens the northern
door in front of the arena. Wait there as there are still another
few ruffians about. Afterwards you can press the button, that's
present behind an illusionary wall, and open up the way into the
next level. Here one of the guards is in the possession of a Rusty
key, which opens the way into level 2 after a short endurance
test.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 02

If the door to the guard room is impacted, the guard therein can't
get out. Get the Short Sword from the shelf then turn right and
head through the illusionary wall to get the helmet. Push the
button (at X:10009, Y:10000) to dissolve a wall (at X:10008,
Y:09998) so you can gain access to the next area, where you'll
have an immediate encounter. Further battles await in the
barracks, where again the guards will not leave their posts to
attack you. There's another button in here next to the apple,
which causes one of the two columns in the previous space to
disappear. Pull the decorated dagger from the half-open door or
press the button in the space between the two columns. Now you can
use the Opal key to open the southern door in the area where you
began on this level. Go through and you'll encounter another
battle. Before continuing on, you should go and vanquish the
general and his minions.  By means of an opening, the second
column can be made to vanish, revealing a door, behind which is a
green jewel. If you weren't fast enough, you can try again by
placing an article briefly into the niche, in order to make the
column disappear again. After defeating General Garrock and his
guards, you can find a gold coin among other things.

The door will shatter, and after further combat, we continue to
descend into the darkness. If you want the Wand of Light or the
Long sword here in the dust, you should immediately step to the
side or rear of one of the two articles after seizing it, since
you can thereafter take a nasty fall into the next depth below!
Enter and use the rope you took from the storeroom on level 1 to
descend into the open pit. After some arguments you should have
obtained red and yellow jewels here. Be sure to jam the door with
a dagger before heading back up the stairs.  Then insert the
yellow and red jewels into their suitable receptacles. Then climb
downward and place the green and blue jewels into the suitable
holes. Above the now freed stairs you see a staff above two
additional closed doors. Blocking the doors saves you from some
sparring partners. Moreover the push of a button allows you
through there by way of a shortcut.  The Opal key provides your
admission to the Guardians of the Staff. As soon as you've looked
around here, skillfully negotiated the moving pits, and
dexterously overcome the flying skull, you can take the rope down
to the next level.

Here you immediately again get to deal with the skulls, before
worrying about the three doors which can be bashed.  Furthermore
each of the four buttons opens up an elemental stone, which you
should collect. Subsequently, teleport back upward again. With the
four stones you've just obtained, go again to the Guardians of the
Staff, and place the four elemental stones into their respective
niches. When the last jewel is in place, a wall (at X:10004,
Y:10007 on level 3) opens, and some flying skulls rush out against
you! Now you must open the northern door here, from which stairs
descend.  Defeat the last flying skull and unlock a further door.
Take the Rod of Resurrection and exit through the door to level 3.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 03

If you need to rest up a bit during the clearing of the enemies in
the immediate vicinity, you can retreat to the sanctuary of the
room to the west. After you've overcome the reception committee of
flying skulls and guards, you can close a pit to the northeast (at
X:10012, Y:10007) by using the button directly around the corner
(at X:10020, Y:10003). There're two doors, that can be bashed,
behind the now closed pit. While the button in the northwest area
causes another wall to disappear, and to block off some guards
from attacking you, the button in the cells (there're silver coins
in one of them) completely removes a wall to the north, which
causes another button to appear. Search the grate (at X:10018,
Y:09999) to find a Scroll of Light. Now go activate the most
recently revealed button. Next vanquish the few effervescent
skulls and grab the White Pearl key. Afterwards go far to the
southwest, where you can open a secret space by pushing still
another button, however a great many opponents reside within. The
door which was situated somewhat more to the north can be smashed
but it's rather tough. It's best to turn on the fireball
centrifuge here using the push button (at X:10006, Y:10003) and
then stand on the pressure plate to cause the wall (at X:10007,
Y:10004) to disappear, which still protects the door from the
fireballs. After you've heard approximately six fireball
detonations, step off the pressure plate, as you don't want to
give away experience points. When all of the creatures inside have
been slain by the fireballs, stand on the pressure plate again to
cause the wall to reappear, then head inside and pick up the
Sacrificial Knife. The flying skulls waiting behind the door also
bring additional experience.

You can if you want, rope upwards and press the button, which
causes a wall to disappear in the southern part of the above
level. If you passed the endurance test, you'll encounter some
weaponry material as well as a wall, which should slope downward.
You'll reach the guardroom above the stairs and so close another
upward experience donor. There you have all the time in the world
to take care of any necessary cleaning up that you may need to do.
A button here makes a Black Pearl key attainable in an alcove, and
another one opens the door. If you still haven't done it, on your
way to the northeastern stairs, you can still take a quick look in
the sanctuary, but it contains nothing special. Thus the stairs
descend a bit and in exchange for taking care of the Legions of
Death behind the door, the Black Pearl key can be obtained. Here
simply walk further down, and you'll soon stand before level 4.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 04

The initial square that you're standing on when you enter the
level is a "safe" area in that your enemies will not attack you on
this space. You can retreat to it to rest if you need to rest.
Scour the area and eliminate the guards, then hit the northern
door (at X:10027, Y:10000) to cause a pressure plate to rise,
which is the trigger mechanism for four traps! Move forward onto
the pressure plate then quickly withdraw a step in such a manner
that you are only met by a few weak fireballs, but exempted from
damage by the poisoned blow darts, which can absolutely do you in.
Push the button in this area to remove a wall behind you, which
allows you access to the stone footsteps, where you can press a
button to the north to open a door in the south. You'll find
stairs leading downward behind the door and rather harmlessly make
the acquaintance of your first Zombie, who quietly sneaks about
there! Press the lone button so as to drop the Zombie into the
best nearest pit, after which you can find Turen's skull, which
can be used for teleportation spells. Return to the stone
footsteps via the more southerly teleport and check your magic map
for the location of the "safe" places to step, then skilfully
meander to the east, until you have the Ruby key. If you wish, you
can again tie and beat up another Zombie, then return on foot or
via the teleporter, to where in the extreme southwest a wall has
now disappeared.

If you wish to evade some battles, as well as plentiful additional
experience, you can immediately snatch the Marble key in the
southeasternmost space and use it to disappear into level 5. You
can however use the Ruby key in the door enclosing one or more
zombies to get a good weapon (see below). However you might try to
be a little more courageous and turn to the equally well
strengthened guard room, which additionally however places high
requirements upon your condition and limitations upon your
possible retreat due to the formation of the walls, however the
experience gained will be worthwhile! However don't quench your
thirst here, because the well is poisoned! Still more experience
is obtained as soon as you take the parchment from the niche in
the southeast.  Press the button only after the massacre, since
otherwise even a berserker would be powerless against the immense
onrushing attack! However one can lure the guards out into the
small space behind the door and wisely fight them there, where you
can at least now and then close the door, in order to rest.
However since you're not the only one who can operate the
doorknobs, this protection never lasts for a long time. Jam the
door from the inside with a dagger if your party needs a rest.
Under no circumstances should you leave the Marble key which can
be found here! If you receive a beating by removal of the poisoned
apple, you could have avoided it by using the Ruby key, which was
already used a while ago... Finally you can enter the northern
space via the right door. The steely Zombies are quite numerous
and the just as numerous rats can taste delicious. By the way the
doors can no longer be closed after opening them once. Finally we
open the door to the level 5 with the Marble key and enter.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 05

You'll be immediately attacked by a Skeleton Warrior as soon as
you've entered this level. You need to deal with it quickly to
prevent more of them from teleporting in to do battle with you.
If you want a bit more experience, you can take your time fighting
the Skeleton Warrior. After you've hung around here as long as you
wish, smash the eastern door and step on the pressure plate.
There's an illusionary wall to the left of the pressure plate
behind which is a healing potion. You'll shortly thereafter see
confusion spells being fired across the course containing numerous
rotating spiked fields. In order not to lose control of the party
here, your group leader should be placed in the second row and
your other adventurer directly in front of him so that the
adventurer will intercept and take the brunt of the confusion
spells. On the way take the bronze coin from the Gulli and a few
paces farther along you can find still another poisoned blow dart
amidst some other inferior items. Open the door at the end of the
course, and dispatch the Zombie, then press the button. On your
return you can also press yet another button, which after a short
fall, you'll arrive amidst some additional interesting articles.
The teleport is the quickest way to return to the starting point.
Hit the eastern door again and press the button to the south, then
quickly step back to avoid the the fireball, then head through the
open door. After struggling with one or more Zombies, jump in the
Teleporter and push the button (at X:10044, Y:10014) to cause a
wall to disappear. You'll find some Revive potions and another
button.  Push it then take the Emerald key from the niche,
whereupon some fireballs begin to spurt from the hole in the
northern wall.  Remain in front of the niche until you recover
your health, then again use one of the two teleports to return to
the starting point. Now again hurry by the tattered door and turn
to the northern fields. By stepping on the pressure plate a secret
space opens in the east, which allows a whole horde Zombies to
emerge. Be absolutely sure to steal the small statue in here and
press the button. Subsequently, recheck the area beyond the
pressure plate from awhile ago, because a few Zombies are likely
to be roaming around there. While you can safely take the sapphire
from the niche, the removal of the salted meat causes an attack of
particularly strong fireball from behind. Thus you may find it
safer and smarter to leave the meat alone. By means of a small
Teleportation hopper, one finds a blue jewel among other things.
Return to the starting area again, and the western tower can now
be tackled. Press the button in level 5, place the sapphire into
the hole in level 4, and the door can be opened with the emerald
key. Pushing a button in the a wall in level 5, reveals a secret
space with quite a few Skeleton Warriors, which finally offers the
possibility of replenishing your water reserves. Now again near
the end of level 4, where after flogging some Skeleton Warriors,
you can climb the rope back up to level 5.

The Skeleton Warrior confrontation continues here. You can open
the door here if you have the Iron key from level 1 (again
demonstrating the importance of not throwing away old keys)!
Towards the stairs you arrive at depth 1, in which you free the
way by fully squeezing the keywords on the door and descending on
the rope by the pit to the south down to depth 3. After a short
combat, press the button, hit the door, and take the western pit
down into depth 4. Hopefully have you some insignificant article
available, because after a short battle, such an item must be
placed on the small pressure plate, in order to open a pit
allowing you to continue. One depth further down you again have
the agony of selecting such an item to be placed in the golden
center in order to reach a Sapphire key. A protection ring will be
received from a ("Gulli"). The teleport thus developed, beams you
directly before the door, where by inserting the Sapphire key just
found, frees the way to level 6.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 06

Don't bash down any wooden doors on this level! If you've
eliminated the sentries, hit the guard room door to also directly
meet the attendants, which you also must dispatch. The fought for
Amber key to the guard room door can be used here to allow the
Drogs egress, where they can be vanquished on the spot. The Drog
stable opens its gates, as soon as you push the button near the
guard room door! Immediately retreat to the guard room and close
the door before any Drogs have exited. Admit the Drogs into the
guard room one at a time and dispatch them all in this manner.
First arm your party with two weapons each and be prepared to cast
Magic Missile spells.  Now head into the Drog pit using the rope.
It's best you first of all hasten into an alcove and keep to
yourselves so that at least your backs are covered. After you've
mastered the attack, go on a small excursion and open the store by
force, then go further via the eastern door, which can be opened
to gain access to depth 1, and after a short fight, push the
button to create a connection with the previous premises. Head
down again, and avoid the pressure plate to evade further Drogs,
or your may wish to fight them. Moreover the Drogs' meat contains
an incidental curative effect! Press the two buttons and after
passing two pressure plates, you'll find another button, that
activates a teleport, by which you come to the key room. Throw an
unneeded article to the west to close the pit and gain access to
the Topaz key.

Subsequently again return by means of the Teleport, stalled on the
quilted pressure plate the confusion has come to an end.  Whomever
has no desire for a rotating turn, should take a step forward and
press the button. Then go through the wall that vanished. However
be careful that you do not fall confusedly into one of the
wandering walls that were dug! Should you nevertheless fall down,
climb the stairs and again press the button. One who loots the
niche, will again be punished with confusion! Somewhat west you'll
find another scroll, with which you can shorten the return to the
guard room. The door to level 7 can be defeated with the Topaz
key, which opens into a secret space, which accommodates nothing
earth shaking except for a pack of Drogs. However to the east of
the pit still another secret space is located.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 07

After you bash in the wooden southern door, enter the room and
take the Lightning scrool and scribe it. You must first press the
northern button and then the western button, or nothing will
happen! Since this opened a door to the Drogs, you get to fight
some more of them. In the Drog room an exclusive pressing of the
eastern button, causes a wall to disappear in the south of the
armory. After this it's again necessary to push a button causing a
wall to crumble and to subdue those lurking flying heads behind
it. Here there's a button, which dissolves a wall in the north,
and a further button in the northwest, which briefly opens the
door to the Fountain of Healing. Thus you'd be wise to hurry to
the southeast, even if a fluttering skull wants you to stop! Since
the fountain not only slakes thirst, but also regenerates hit
points, you should fill all your water bottles with the healthful
water. The button can be pressed again at other times to regain
entry, however sometimes patience is required.

Continue and cross over a vanished pit in the southwest to where
again a button must be pressed. You now arrive somewhat east of
the Granite key, with which the door (at X:10007, Y:10015) that
can be found here can be opened. You can cause the eastern pit to
disappear, by throwing away an unneeded article over the southern
pit, never to see it again.  Press the button and take the Bronze
Breastplate from the niche. Now still another fine weapon can be
skimmed from the north of the pit space. After the poison ball
centrifuge grows silent, again return all the way back into the
war dog room, wherein an Agate key waits, which by the way is a
half jewel.  Now is the latest that you should descend by rope
into one of the many pits. You'll be set upon by Drogs and guards.
There's a button to be pressed in the southwest, which opens a
door in the northwest, and at the same time the door somewhat
east, which can not be closed again. The fluttering pears stop
short and you can, by pushing a button, dissolve still another
wall to the east in this level. The attainable button would have
done the same thing, but if you come from the armory it's thus
equally functionless.

Back in depth 1, return to the Drog's room, where you now arrive
via Teleport into the aforementioned armory. After the flying
skulls are also slain here, you can again go, properly fitted out,
back to the starting space and use the Agate key to open still
another door there. There's a pit behind the next door. In the
hail of confusion spells and fireballs you need simply to deposit
the gold coin on the small pressure plate before you. Hopefully
you can acquire the four precious metals, or they'll otherwise be
teleported upward again. One level down the unimpacted door can be
quite normally opened (with pressure on the doorknob). You next
come to Edrik's tomb. From here on you absolutely must open the
doors by using the doorknobs, in order to be afterwards able to
steal the two-handed sword and the shield from the burial ground
problem free. You can also obtain Edrik's Teleportation bones.
Cast your lightning only around the ears in the head of the dead
warrior. Are you brave enough to allow it in the tomb?

You can banish the field blocking the return by closing the door
again. You can descend another level by placing the silver coin on
the small pressure plate. Leave the bronze coin to continue.
After you've placed your last coin here, as described at first in
the Scroll, or pressed the button (which has the same function),
return again with bags full gravel via Teleport to depth 1, where
still wait two arms sections behind the now vanished column.
Excellently equipped, you can leave the ugly yellow walls and rise
by the last door into the nobler arch of level 8.

Crystal Dragon - Walkthrough - Level 08

After the reception committee is smashed, press the button
directly beside the stairs. If you head down the ropes into the
first two pits on this level, you'll find dead rats, but who
cares?  If you place Edrik's armament into the appropriate
niche(s), as has been noted on a scroll, the northern door opens
and you can get the weapons therein. However before you steal the
Bag of Holding, you should be aware that by stepping on the
southern pressure plate and then pushing the button
(negates/reduces the possibility of retreat?) and opens the way
for Paroli Skeleton Warrior guards to attack. In an emergency you
can retreat to the north where a quiet space or the stairs can be
used as a safe haven. The reward of a Steel key beckons you to a
successful quick battle celebration. With these you may now
confidently nab the carrier bag nab. Then fight your way forwards
through the guard room, which is only patrolled by one guard, and
makes it a bit tougher. You are compensated for your trouble with
an Ivory key. You can neglect the button here, since it would have
closed only one pit, which you've already taken care of anyway by
stepping on the pressure plate. Further experience donors are
present to the southeast, after destroying a door or wastefully
sacrificing the Steel key. The adjacent stores likewise can be
broken open, save not only a longer rope, but also when you push a
button, reveal still different useful things.

Back in the rotary field area on level 5, a button to the north
enables further progress here. If you first activate the adjacent
eastern button, then the southern one, and finally the western
button, a column disappears, and access is granted to a Quartz key
and a wider button. The switch dissolves a wall, while the key
continues to be of use only back in the southwest, where you are
again confronted with some guards.  Stepping on the pressure plate
unloosens a centrifuge, so you should quickly move to the side to
avoid it. Only the eastern impacted door should be hit. If you
have enough hit points and want more experience points, you can
hit the other one as well. Stepping on the pressure plate turns
two rotary fields on to the right and left of you. You should now
access the Bloodstone key, which starts up two more rotary fields,
to spit and the holes along the walkway begin to spit fireballs,
whereby take an escape route through the already smashed door,
which brings you up against smaller fireballs. If both doors were
opened by force, one should disappear immediately on the path
above so as not to be confused by the rotating fields, because a
false step could mean immediate death here! With the new key go
afterwards again back to the northeast, where with its assistance
the door into the next level can be opened. By the way, from here
up to the southeastern fountain all other thirst quenchers are
poisoned!

First you run to the east, where after hitting a door and
overwhelming some guards, you'll find a Copper key. Head
northwest, beyond the walled pit, and use the Copper key in the
door. Since you have sufficient time, rope smoothly around after
two buttons and two walls will disappear. Overcome the guard to
enhance your inventory somewhat. After the Teleport has again
returned you, head behind the wider door. The Skeleton Warrior
guards here under no circumstances want to leave and thus make
light work of retrieving the booty from this space. One of the
guards leaves a Brass key. Continue east and push a button to make
a wall disappear, behind which the Brass key just fought for and
the weapons to be used immediately thereafter are located. You
receive a Platinum key for your trouble, which perfectly matches
the door to the guard room in the south. After renewed force meter
the button opens the door completely in the east. After further
forceful encounters, open the button the door directly east. No
matter how quickly you snatch the chrome key, you will fall
unpleasantly into the depth below. Que sera sera! Who on the
search for a few switchblades is, here only the dead rat needs to
remove and to step better also to the page - voila! Whom that is
on the quest for a few switchblades, needs only to lift the dead
rat here and it's better also to tread on the side - and voila!
Head back up the stairs again and push the button to return to
familiar premises. The last door can now be opened with the Chrome
key, where after a further fray, a poisoned arrow is absolutely to
be taken along, before one descends to the eyes of Ariath.

To be continued next issue















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